Lower Elementary Curriculum

Ages 6–9. This stage builds exploration, creativity, and independent learning. Children connect with nature, their inner world, and their wider world.

Language Arts

Students extend skills from the primary years to communicate clearly.

  • Grammar symbols and sentence analysis
  • Writing, reading, and penmanship
  • Word study and mechanics of writing
  • Grammar use across subjects

Mathematics

Hands-on materials lead from concrete work to abstract thinking.

  • Basic facts and the four operations with materials
  • Place value and large numbers in a concrete way
  • Fractions: concepts and operations with practical use
  • Foundations of geometry

Physical Geography

Students study Earth from concrete models to abstract ideas.

  • Maps, the sun, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere
  • Appreciation for Earth’s beauty and power
  • Awareness of ecosystem fragility and care for our planet

Cultural Geography

Focus on people, places, and the ways we view the world.

  • Continents and their peoples
  • Cultural celebrations and political borders
  • Use of natural resources
  • How migration shapes countries and industries

History

Students explore time, people, and civilizations.

  • Timelines of life and of humanity
  • Common factors of civilizations
  • Common needs of people across eras

Botany

Nature study links plant life to human life and care for Earth.

  • Plant parts and functions
  • Plants and life sustainability
  • Microscopic study of microorganisms; use of the microscope

Zoology

Students study animals and how life connects.

  • Overview of the animal kingdom
  • Animal classification and organization
  • Interdependence of living things

Matter and Astronomy

Curiosity grows through study of the tiny and the vast.

  • Structure and power of the atom
  • Exploration of the universe
  • Questions about how our world came to be

Health Sciences

Students learn to care for the whole self.

  • Physical well-being
  • Mental and emotional well-being

Peace

Work that builds citizenship and care for others.

  • Interdependence and interconnectedness of life
  • Skills for peaceful community life

Advanced Practical Life

Practical life bridges early childhood to elementary.

  • Real-world tasks and responsibility
  • Habits that grow healthy independence